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It’s 365.242 days, said Nick Eakes, an astronomy educator ... Palaima said. The Julian calendar was the model used by the Western world for hundreds of years. Enter Pope Gregory XIII, who ...
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That's a wrap for 312 years," Dury told ... captured by Juan Mabromata, astronomy enthusiasts embrace each other during the annular solar eclipse in Puerto San Julian, Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
Most writers grow up in homes filled with books. Not this writer. My parents’ book collection, accumulated over their nearly ...